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However, Shaily, as was her nature, always found more friendship with the guys than girls right from a young age. It wasn't as if she was a slut or something. Of course, her friendship with the 5 guys involved a lot of flirting, she being the only girl in their group along with good dose of the guys touching her as if she was one among them, but it wasn't something overtly sexual in nature.
While Pooja and Anamika, as well as the other four girls in the Alternative Dramatics class knew that Shaily wasn't really a slut, they always saw her differently knowing that she always hung-out with the 5 guys and never with the girls. Ever since Shaily had started hanging out more and more with the guys during and even after class, the rest of the girls barring Pooja and Anamika, had started to bitch about Shaily whenever they saw her with the guys.
"I bet you girls that she is sleeping with all of them, one of them each day.", said Nivedita.
"I highly doubt that. I'm sure she's sleeping with all of them at once everyday. What a slut!", reckoned Roopika and laughed.
Of course, Pooja and Anamika still considered Shaily their bestie, but they were slowly starting to lose the impression they had on her. The words of the other girls certainly had a strong bearing on their conscience.
Coming to the guys, Faisal was 21, Jaspinder 25, Abhishek and Karan were the same age as Shaily while Arun was the oldest of the lot at 27. In fact, being the oldest of the group, Arun was regularly the butt of 'old man' jokes that the group always found funny and revelled in. So, while the class was about to start and as the students entered the class at 10 am in the morning, Shaily and the 5 guys were sitting in the last row of the class cracking jokes at Arun and laughing about loudly. Shaily almost always sat in the middle, between the guys and that was open for even more criticism among the girls.
In fact, whenever the girls saw Shaily sit in between the guys in class, Roopika almost always made it a point to say, "Look at that slut, she always sits in the middle of the guys. I bet she lets the guys grope her body from either sides.".
"Obviously. Why else would they always sit in the last row in every class?", said Nivedita.
It wasn't as if the girls totally looked down on Shaily; they hardly said anything disdainful to her when they met her outside of class. But again, a single day didn't go by when they did not disapprove of her hanging out exclusively with the 5 guys all the time.
Alternative Dramatics at FID was taught by Mrs. Shashi Lekha or Prof Lekha as she was fondly called by the students.
Mrs. Shashi Lekha was a pioneer of Theatrical play who had done most of her Theatrical studies from a prestigious Arts college in Canada. She had acted in several plays across different countries in her youth and was a resident of Canada ever since even after her marriage. When Mrs. Shashi Lekha first came to know about FID, it was she that had personally gotten in touch with Mr. Farooq to enquire if she could get an opportunity to be a teacher and mentor at FID. Of course, with Mrs. Shashi Lekha's glaring credentials, Mr. Farooq was only delighted and honoured to get her on board at FID and have her join him to mentor the students and mould them into the best Theatre and Dramatics artists the country has ever seen.
All the students loved Prof Lekha for her friendly and accommodative nature as well as her unique approach to teaching Alternative Dramatics. She sought her plays mostly on internal conflicts, subtle emotional personifications and metaphorical explanations that were truly alternative in thoughts and actions. Shaily especially loved Prof Lekha's ideas because she preferred to have minimum properties in her play and mostly only artists to weave incredible storylines. Her artwork usually involved not more than 3 to 4 characters who enacted the bodies and actions, while a bunch of other characters who would play the emotions of those characters. There was a particular kind of charm, elegance and sophistication in Prof Lekha's ideas and her execution of them that made all her plays extremely well-received in major competitions across the world. Shaily, like all the other students could not be more thankful and inspired by Prof Lekha and her caliber as a Dramatics teacher at the age of 50.
"Hello class, how are you all doing today? I hope you all had a good break over the weekend.", Prof Lekha greeted the students, like she usually did, with a lovely smile on her face. As much as the class loved interacted with her, Prof Lekha too equally loved interacting with her students. She considered them all to be a very intellectual lot and was genuinely proud to get the opportunity to mentor such a smart bunch of students who were all passionate about Theatre and Art.
"Ok guys, so I was handed off an event notification from the 'Fine Arts Association' of Belgium. They are hosting one of the biggest Dramatics event in Brussels this year and FID has been invited to participate in the event. How awesome is that!", said Prof Lekha enthusiastically.
All the students cheered and clapped at Prof Lekha's words. Of course, this was only FID's fourth year since its incubation and it was always good news to hear about FID being invited to perform at international events.
Prof Lekha continued, "And that is not it guys, apparently there will be more 1000 plays that are going to be showcased during the 5-day event and FID has been invited to perform as many as 10 plays during the course of the event. I am so excited to tell you that this competition is the biggest we have ever participated in.".
"Wohoo! FID stands tall." exclaimed one of them as the students cheered once again to Prof Lekha's words.
"So guys, Mr. Farooq has given me the liberty to prepare one play from this class. Sorry guys, Alternative gets only one play this time.", said Prof Lekha grimly.
Since there were about 10 different Dramatics courses offered at FID, Mr. Farooq usually personally allotted the number of plays to each department, especially for important events like this one. It was more like his personal discretion and it always yielded good results thus far; so neither the teaching faculty nor the students had any reasons to object to his decision.
"Prof Lekha, Alternative always gets a minimum of 3 plays for big events, why is it that we have only one this time?", asked Francis, a student who belonged to the older lot at 29.
"Francis, I know you guys must be disappointed to have a lesser representation from Alternative for such a big event, but that is what Mr. Farooq has decided. You have to also make sure other departments are given enough opportunities, isn't it?", said Prof Lekha.
Shaily considered Prof Lekha to be a very professional practitioner and she knew that Prof Lekha always spoke maturely and sensibly. It was true though, that for every major event, FID had more plays from the Alternative Dramatics department than any other department. While it was never a source of dispute among the departments (there were no major political struggles so far at FID), Shaily only found it fair that other departments were also given a push so that their genres could be uplifted as well. Of course, Alternative Dramatics were known to be touching very deep with the audiences who came to watch their plays, specially in foreign countries, and so they always, till now received more plays than the other departments. But for the event in Brussels, Alternative were offered just one play and that certainly didn't seem to impress the students of Alternative Dramatics. Having just one play also meant that there would be only a lucky few, maybe 10 to 15 of them who would get to go to Brussels to participate in the event, which disappointed the chaps even more.
Noticing the disappointment on their faces, Prof Lekha went on to say, "Ok guys, if getting just one play for the event in Brussels is going to disappoint you all so much, I'm afraid I have some more bad news for you.", she tamely said.
"I know I always preferred to have about 15 characters in each of my plays and that is because, I have almost always used different characters for each of the emotions of the protagonist I wanted to convey. But this time, I have an idea in mind that would have only a total of 4 characters.", said Prof Lekha.
Murmurs were aloud in the students. Just 4 characters and an entire play? This was not characteristic of Prof Lekha's work as she always preferred to have characters over props in her plays. Maybe she was onto something for her play, but it certainly could not manage to bring smiles on the faces of the students. All of them were, of course, eager to play a role in the play and moreover, the event was in Brussels, which meant they would get the opportunity to visit Belgium for the first time. But hearing Prof Lekha's words, the students seem to sink even deeper into disappointment.
"What the fuck? Just 4 characters in the play for such a big event? What's Prof Lekha doing!", whispered Abhishek angrily.
"I know, just four characters. What the fuck man! On top of that, Alternative has just one play. This is just terrible.", said Arun.
Shaily, who was seated in between Jaspinder and Abhishek said, "Guys, it's okay. I trust Prof Lekha. She's smart and she at least deserves her idea to be heard. If it's just 4 characters contrary to most of her plays, maybe it's going to be something different. Who knows, we could be one of those characters. We aren't that bad guys, come on, cheer up!", said Shaily enthusiastically trying to cheer up the boys, though she too couldn't deny being disappointed with the news.
While they sat together, it wasn't uncommon that the guys, whoever sat beside Shaily had their hands over her body. While they talked and joked around, the guys often slapped Shaily's back or held her waist tightly and Shaily never minded it. The guys were of course, her best buddies and moreover, she knew they did not mean it sexually. However, even though she didn't exactly know what was said about her, Shaily knew that her girl friends disapproved of her behaviour. She had, in more than one instance, noticed the girls look at her in a disdainful manner when the guys groped her in front of them.
In one such instance, while at the coffee stall inside FID, Shaily and the guys were laughing out loudly to some random banter. The coffee stall saw many students hanging out in the afternoon after lunch, and so Shaily was under the scrutiny of girls (and even some prudish guys) from all departments. Shaily was dressed that day in a short floral skirt that stopped at her mid-thighs and a sleeveless top. She and the guys were all laughing out loudly to something, when suddenly Arun playfully grabbed Shaily's arms behind her and held them tight, while Faisal and Abhishek pulled up Shaily's top in front of everyone exposing her sexy fleshy waist. While some girls in FID did dress provocatively like Shaily was dressed right then, they never allowed guys to grope them in front of everyone like Shaily did. As Faisal and Abhishek playfully but aggressively lifted Shaily's sleeveless top over her skirt, her top inched dangerously close to Shaily's bra and within seconds the guys managed to pull her top above her bra exposing her lovely voluptuous breasts covered in just the bra to everyone who were enjoying the spectacle. The gang of guys were shouting something loudly while Shaily was playfully laughing out as Karan and Jaspinder started to pinch Shaily sexy bare waist right in front of everyone. Apparently, the whole thing was 'something very silly and the guys just wanted to her a lesson' as recounted by Shaily amusedly to her girl friends. However, allowing the guys to expose her flesh and grope her like that in front of everyone didn't stand well with the girls. Being like her elder sister, Anamika planned to talk to Shaily about the incident and tell her to maintain some decorum while she was with the guys in public, but never really got around to it. She was apprehensive about saying something that might upset Shaily and so she somehow always ended up thinking the better of it.
Back in the class, all the students were mumbling loudly among themselves about Prof Lekha's decision to cast not more than 4 characters in the play for the Belgium Dramatics Festival.
"Guys, guys, it's going to be okay. Please hear out my idea. If you don't like we'll pass it, Guys!", shouted out Prof Lekha trying to calm the students down. The whole class was chaotically murmuring among themselves and Prof Lekha knew she didn't make it any easier for them to get over their Monday blues.
As the students slowly quieted down, Prof Lekha spoke.
"In this play, I want to show the conflicts of a sensitive and complicated urban girl overcome by love and strangles of her boyfriend.". The students anticipated Prof Lekha to say something more, but apparently, that's all she had to say.
The students looked at each other among themselves, totally nonplussed. That sounded like a pretty lame theme to be honest. Coming from Prof Lekha who headed the Alternative Dramatics at FID, the idea seemed hardly novel to them. Also, this meant that Prof Lekha was going to use just 2 more characters for the emotions of the male and female protagonists. To the students, that just did sound right.
Seeing the confused look on the students' faces, Prof Lekha smiled and continued. "And yes, in case you are thinking, I will have just 2 more characters, again one male and the other female to show the emotions of the protagonists in the play.".
If the students were excited at the prospect of this play, they didn't show it. Similar themes had been explored and showcased multiple times by all the departments and pretty extensively at that. Moreover, the idea and its spin-offs were always presented with more than at least 10 characters to show various emotions. But just 2 characters for emotions didn't appeal to the students to say the least. This was certainly not something they were looking forward to, especially from someone of the caliber as Prof Lekha.
"Guys, I know what you all must be thinking. And no, I am not going to use props more than any of my other plays either. But before I go further, I want to tell you that we are offered some artistic liberty for our plays, which we have never had, for the first time in this event.", said Prof Lekha.
Even though the students were still disappointed, they were all curious to know the new artistic liberty in the event that Prof Lekha was talking about.
"For the first time, we have been offered the liberty of showcasing the female sensuality in its most original form, on the stage.", said Prof Lekha gleefully.
Most of the students got what Prof Lekha meant.
Shaily and the guys looked at each other understanding Prof Lekha's words.
"Wow, now that's something!", exclaimed Karan.
"It surely is.", said Shaily.
"I hope you all understood what I mean by that. For the plays in this event, the participants are allowed to show a female form in full glory on stage. While men's nudity is strictly forbidden, the Fine Arts Association of Belgium has decided to, for the time in their event, give consent to a female artist's nude form along with sexual contact between a non-sexual body part of the male and a sexual body part of the female. Then only caveat is that while there can be any number of clothed male and female characters in the play, there can be just one female whose form is uncovered.", said Prof Lekha.
"Holy fucking fuck! Wow, is Prof Lekha telling us she is planning on doing something like that?", whispered Faisal.
"I guess so man. Why else would she be mentioning all of this. God, this is going to be super fun!", said Jaspinder eagerly. Seeing his childish enthusiasm to see a naked girl on stage, Shaily laughed and playfully tugged at him.
"Shell", as she was nicknamed by the guys, said Arun. "I hope you are the chosen one to do the role of the naked girl. Don't we all wanna see you perform the play totally naked on stage, haha!", he said, winking at her.
"Oh yeah, who wouldn't want to see this bomb all naked on stage.", chipped in Karan as he got under Shaily's shirt and pinched her fleshy stomach while the guys laughed at Arun and Karan's words.
Shaily slapped off Karan's hand much to the amusement of the guys and laughed. "Shut up guys!", she said.
But inadvertently, Shaily began to wonder. What if Prof Lekha really wanted her to do the role of the naked girl in her play? What if she asked her to be the one, right then, in front of the whole class? What would she say? Shaily's thoughts started to mess with her with every passing second.
Of course, it was hardly a secret that among the 7 girls, while the others weren't bad to look at by any standards, Shaily was certainly a league apart. She was very voluptuous and had perfect assets suitable for her sexy frame. If ever there was a voting among the guys on which girl should be chosen for such a role, Shaily knew that she would win the contest hands down.
Prof Lekha's words had managed to stir the entire class.
"Prof Lekha.", a voice came out from one of the girls.
"Yes, Anamika?", said Prof Lekha.
"Prof Lekha, I don't want to sound so-damn-feminist, but since I am indeed one, what is the deal with the rule of showing just women naked on stage and not the men? Also, you mention that the men on stage can touch the naked female form in a sexual way while the male would be clothed. Isn't that something that clearly denotes women are beneath men in such a public forum? Doesn't it promote a sense of submission and subservience of the female gender to the male gender?", said Anamika. Her voice had a hint of disdain and disapproval, and the other girls who sat alongside Anamika too nodded their heads approving of Anamika's question.
"Look Anamika, it's wonderful that you are a feminist and I appreciate you asking this question. However, in my opinion, this is actually pro-feminist. Tell me Anamika, isn't it honourable for you as good looking women to be able to show your beauty and feminine grace in the most primal form on such a grand stage? What you mentioned, Anamika, the sexual subservience of the female gender to the male gender happens outside the purview of Art, in the socially abnormal communities and not inside a play which is a culmination of several artistic elements. There is artistic beauty in a female's unclothed form that is meant to be a wonderfully palpable source of motivation to display an amazing piece of Art. In Art, there is extensive scope for beauty and grace, and traditionally, women have been perceived to be symbols of them and thus, I see no social stigma associated with the idea of showing just the female naked on stage and not the male.", said Prof Lekha, answering Anamika's question.
"I'm sorry Prof Lekha, but I have to disagree. It isn't that nude male forms aren't a worthy spectacle to women. After all, we are all humans and we are all beautiful in our own special ways. Then why is it forbidden? And no, it is not pro-feminist Prof Lekha, because feminism puts male and female on equal footing. In this case, the female is clearly more sexually degraded and shown submissive, which is completely non-feministic.", said Anamika strongly putting forth her point.
Hearing her words, Abhishek looked over to Shaily. "Shell, as much as I hate to say this, Anamika has a fair point.".
The guys weren't really fond of the six girls apart from Shaily. They always behaved as if they stole Shaily away from them. Shaily also told the guys that the girls gossiped behind her back about her sleeping with them after class, which the guys particularly didn't like. All the baseless rumours the girls cooked up about them had pissed the guys off as much as they did Shaily.
Prof Lekha said, "Anamika, again, I say that's there's nothing wrong in the world of Theatre regarding female nudity. You are showing an idea, not some rubbish practice that has evolved in the minds of the twisted. Anyway, I am open for discussion on this, and I wouldn't mind staying behind after class to discuss and debate on this more with you.".
Anamika and the girls didn't seem to be satisfied with Prof Lekha's argument, but they knew they could discuss it with her after class.
"Okay guys, I know you are all probably a little freaked out about this, but nudity in Art is quite acceptable in other countries. It has always been the case, and more and more events are being showcased these days where a female is allowed to be naked in the play while having sexual contact from the man's non-sexual parts, typically the hands or the tongue. Given such artistic freedom, I'm glad we can push the envelope even further like we have always done here at FID, and more so in the Alternative Dramatics department. This is our first time entering such an important event, and I am not going to let the opportunity go astray.", said Prof Lekha sternly with determination.
Hearing Prof Lekha's words, all the girls except Shaily nodded their heads disapprovingly. This would mean that one of them was going to be asked to be the nude female in her play while the males would be fully clothed. To the girls, it just didn't sound right. The male students on the other hand, of course, were pretty excited as was evident in the looks of their faces.
"Prof Lekha is badass man! She's actually going to do this? Get one of these sexy girls completely naked on stage and let men molest her?", were the words of one of the male students.
"I hope she casts Shaily for the role man, wouldn't that be awesome? To get to see that sexy chick completely naked on stage with her ass and tits showing off and being molested by a guy. Haha, I hope the guy's me!", said another excited bloke to his mate.
The string of comments went on among the guys, but one thing was common in all of the whisperings. They all wished that such a role went to one of the sexiest women they had even seen in their lives - Shaily Singh.
Prof Lekha was a thoroughly artistic and determined practitioner as far as Theatre and Arts were concerned, and Shaily was aware of it. Her words were filled with determination and confidence to deliver the best in Brussels, and it clearly showed in the way she spoke.
Shaily could see it in Prof Lekha's eyes and the fact that Prof Lekha had proven, time and time again, in the past that she is the best in the business made Shaily absolutely trust her instincts. Never before had it happened that Prof Lekha's decisions turned against the students or FID in general, and Shaily was confident that whatever Prof Lekha had in mind would be something that would be one of the best.
However, there was one catch.
"Shell, I have a really strong feeling that Prof Lekha is going to ask you to be the nude girl in her play.", said Karan looking over to Shaily with his hands still roaming around nonchalantly on her sexy waist under her top.
Shaily looked at Karan and said, "I have the same feeling. Fuck Karan, what am I going to say?".
Of course, Shaily was aware that she had a very sexy body and even though she wasn't conceited, she knew she was easily the hottest and sexiest among all the girls in the Alternative Dramatics class. Moreover, she knew that Prof Lekha was an out and out perfectionist and chose only the best for her plays, and Shaily was unanimously considered to be the best artist of her batch not just by the students but even by Prof Lekha. Adding it all up, Shaily, as well as her guy friends felt there was no way Prof Lekha would chose anyone else other than Shaily for the role of the naked female in her play, even more so because the Belgium Dramatics Festival was touted to be FID's most ambitious participation ever in the international arena.
"So guys, I'm going to outline the summary of the storyline, but first I would like to disclose the cast I have in mind for the play.", said Prof Lekha. "With the characters in mind, I'm sure you'll all be able to better relate to the idea behind the play.", she said.
"OMG! She's going to announce the cast right now?", said Shaily, starting to get really anxious. "What if she asks me to be the naked girl in the play? What am I going to tell her guys? Fuck!"
The guys understood how Shaily was feeling right then and tried to calm her down.
Karan once again put his palm inside Shaily's top and gently rubbed her waist trying to make her feel better.
"Shell, I'm sure Prof Lekha's going to ask you to play the role of the naked girl in her play, there's absolutely no doubt about it. But you just stay calm and tell Prof Lekha that you need some time to decide, okay? Of course, this is going to be a big decision for you and Prof Lekha wouldn't mind giving you time to think on this. You hear me baby doll?", said Karan.
"Yeah, I think so. I'll have to remain calm though, yes.", said Shaily, as she nervously smiled at the guys.
"Shell, I too have a strong hunch you are going to be the naked girl in Prof Lekha's play. I don't see it going any other way. But like Karan said, if she asks you to be naked in her play, just calmly tell her that you need some time. We will work it out later at our place. Alright darling?", said Abhishek.
Shaily nodded and passed a smile at them. But deep inside, she was still quite nervous and anxious.
"So, the couple in the play. I want the male lead to be played by Anupam, and the female lead to be played by Pooja.", said Prof Lekha aloud.
The students gently clapped for them, though most of them were jealous that Pooja and Anupam were lucky to get the chance to visit Belgium and perform there for the festival.
"Coming to the other two characters. As I said, I would like to have two opposite-sex characters for the roles of the male and female protagonists' souls. The whole idea of the play is to show what their souls are dealing with as a result of their choices and actions. That way I intend to show the conflicts of the female protagonist's inner and outer voice in a subtle yet artistic way, and this is why the chemistry between the male and female souls' characters are extremely vital to the play.", said Prof Lekha.
"Excellent!", Shaily found herself saying in her mind. That was truly a beautifully novel concept that Prof Lekha had envisioned for her play..
"However, the main idea of this play is to show the brutal, conflicted state of mind of the female protagonist while she is in a complicated relationship with her boyfriend. This is why her soul is going to be the most significant and the most impactful character in the play. She is the crux of the play. She might not be the protagonist, but she sure is the most important character in the play. And for this very reason, I want to the female soul's character stripped - covered by just nothing. The female protagonist's soul is uncovered, raw and naked. It's open to be loved or harmed by anyone and everyone, and that's going to be the subtle theme of the play.. The female protagonist has a naked soul and the way her naked soul is tampered with by the male protagonist as well as the female herself will be the main idea of the play.", said Prof Lekha.
That was the kind of brilliance Prof Lekha was capable of.
"That is just brilliant, don't you think so guys?", Shaily whispered to the guys.
Shaily was in awe. She was in total awe of Prof Lekha's imaginative sense. Of how she was weaving a brilliant storyline with the new found artistic liberty of getting to show a naked girl on stage. She certainly knew how to do her best while utilising all the resources she had at her disposal and Shaily couldn't help but appreciate Prof Lekha's talent. She was just unbelievable.
It was clear that the rest of the students too were greatly impressed with how Prof Lekha charted out her play. Inevitably, the girls too were impressed with Prof Lekha's idea, but the whole concept of getting to show one of them completely nude while the men would be completely clothed did not still settle well with them. In any case, like the rest of the students, they too were very eager for Prof Lekha to disclose whom she wished to cast for the role of the female protagonist's naked soul in her play.
As she finished her speech, Prof Lekha's eyes somehow found Shaily. Instinctively, Shaily understood and acknowledged the look in Prof Lekha's eyes with a rather involuntary nod. Their gaze connected, and Shaily knew what Prof Lekha was going to say next.
"For the female protagonist's naked soul, I want to cast Shaily.", she said.
"Ok class, that's it for today. Shaily, I want to have a word with you before you leave for the day.", said Prof Lekha.
After announcing that she wanted to cast Shaily for the role of the naked soul of the female protagonist in her play, Prof Lekha continued with her lecture like nothing was new. She had just discussed a very alternative play idea that they were going to enact in the Dramatics festival in Belgium which consisted of, among other things, a completely naked female artist on stage who would be enacting the role of the female's protagonist's soul. Yes, buck naked, without a string of clothing on her body, just like the day she was born, and just like Shaily and her guy friends expected, Prof Lekha wanted Shaily to play that role.
Shaily's mind wasn't right for the rest of the hour after Prof Lekha revealed that she wanted to cast her for the role in front of the whole class. Of course, it had never happened in FID that a female or even a male, for that matter, had gotten absolutely naked on stage to perform for a play. But now, given the stakes in this high profile Dramatics festival in Belgium that FID was invited to participate in, Prof Lekha wasn't going to go easy on this, and Shaily knew it. Shaily knew Prof Lekha to be one helluva perfectionist and there was no way she was going to settle for anything less than what she wanted for her plays.
Shaily's anxiety was quite evident on her face throughout the lecture to her 5 male friends who sat on either sides of her. Karan had his left hand inside Shaily's top on her waist throughout the lecture, massaging it gently trying to make her feel better.
"It's going to be fine Shell, we'll all sit together and think about it whether you want to take this role or not, don't you get anxious sugar.", said Jaspinder who sat on her other side as he gently rubbed her thighs under her short skirt.
Shaily had, over time, come to really embrace and love the friendship and the bond she shared with each of the guys and their efforts to make her feel fine really pleased her. She would just smile at them, but she chose to keep quiet through the class as she pondered on what she would do in response to Prof Lekha's offer.
After the lecture, as the rest of the class walked out of the lecture hall, Shaily stayed back as Prof Lekha wanted to talk to her. They then slowly paced out of the class behind the rest of the students with Shaily smiling nervously at the Prof.
"Shaily, I am not going to deny this is going to be a tough decision for you, but I don't want you to get stressed over it, understand?", said Prof Lekha, gently smiling at Shaily.
"Yes, Prof Lekha.", said Shaily with a polite but anxious smile.
"It's something we've never done before, so it's going to be a very exciting play indeed. I can promise you that. When I first envisioned the play, I knew I would have to cast you for the role of the naked soul. It was simple really, given how incredibly attractive you are. After all, our play needs to be aesthetically pleasing too, and honestly, I cannot imagine any other girl doing this role other than you Shaily.", said Prof Lekha as they walked out of the class towards the college cafeteria.
Shaily heard what Prof Lekha was telling her. Again, she wasn't conceited or anything but she knew she was a beauty and she knew others saw that in her too. At the age of 23, she had a killer bod with flesh all in the right places. Her face was a mixture of both cute and sexy with sharp features that made her stand way above her girl peers in the college. It was obvious then, why Prof Lekha wanted to cast only Shaily for the role of the naked soul in her play.
"Prof Lekha, I consider it an honour that you want me to play such an impacting role in your play in such a huge event. I cannot stress enough on how privileged I feel. But, but the thing is that I have never been naked in front...", Shaily said before Prof Lekha cut her short.
"Shaily, I know. You don't need to explain it to me. Getting naked in front of so many people, and being the only one naked on stage while thousands of people are watching you is going to be a pretty tough thing to do. I am not going to deny that. But in theatre, this is all artistic liberty. No one is going to judge you for getting naked on stage, you can have my word on that. With that said, I know it is a pretty big decision for you to take and it is all up to you. I urge you to think over it for the rest of the day, and come back to me tomorrow with what you think. Also, there's no hurry to come to a yes or no decision right away. Just carefully think over it and talk to me tomorrow about how you feel regarding it. Okay darling?", said Prof Lekha with a warm smile towards Shaily.
With nothing much to say, Shaily nodded politely at Prof Lekha.
"Okay Prof.", said Shaily feigning a confident smile though she was terribly nervous about the whole thing.
"As I said before, I don't want to force you to do anything that you don't like. If this doesn't work out, I mean, if you want to back out, I will just give up on the idea, but I can never cast any other girl for this role Shaily. You know I only choose the best for my plays.", said Prof Lekha.
"Yes Prof, I know that.", said Shaily giving Prof Lekha another one of her fake-confident smile. God, what was she going to do?
After her chat with Prof Lekha, Shaily caught up with her guy friends at the cafeteria, where they usually hung out in between classes.
"Fuck man, I don't know what to do. While the idea of the play is so surreal and brilliant, I wish I didn't have to at least get completely naked in front of thousands of people to play this role.", said Shaily dryly.
Shaily was sitting with her male friends in the cafeteria and summarised them her discussion with Prof Lekha that she had with her after the lecture.
"Shell, did you discuss any such possibility with Prof Lekha? Maybe you can get away by wearing something really really skimpy instead of getting totally buck naked on stage. You know, maybe something that just covers your pussy and nothing else?", said Faisal.
Abhishek interjected, "With Prof Lekha, that's not going to happen Fais. She doesn't give up on the artistic liberties she chooses for her plays, no matter what. If she wants a nude girl in her play, she wants a nude girl and nothing else. Be rest assured of that.", he said.
Shaily nodded, "Yeah, Abhishek's right. Prof Lekha said she'd rather give up on the idea than cast anyone else for the naked soul if I back out.", she said grimacing. "I don't want the idea to go down the drain, OMG what am I going to do!", said Shaily cringing in front of her guy friends. It was obvious to them that Shaily was really stressing out.
Abhishek gently put his hands over Shaily's shoulder and said, "Darling, we'll work this out. Do you want to hang out with us for the evening at our place? We'll all sit together and talk this through. Don't worry, we are here for you baby doll.".
Abhishek, Karan and Faisal stayed together in a rented-out house a couple of kilometres from the college. Shaily and the 5 guys usually hung out at their place after classes sipping their beer and having fun. Of course, after it had become their default hang-out place, Abhishek, Karan and Faisal had taken the efforts to rent out a TV, a music-system and even a karaoke machine so that they could all spend their evenings having fun.
"Yeah, that'd probably make me feel much better. Let's go.", said Shaily smiling warmly at Abhishek.
With no other lectures after Alternative Dramatics, the 5 guys and Shaily had their lunch in the college cafeteria and walked out of the FID campus to Abhishek, Karan and Faisal's place.
As she walked with the guys to their place, Shaily knew she had a tough day ahead to decide about what she was going to do with Prof Lekha's proposal to play the naked soul of the female protagonist in the play. She was still quite anxious but she was glad that she had her 5 best friends beside her to help her arrive at a decision whether she should take the role or not.
Shaily always left a few of her night clothes at her guy friends' place after she had started to regularly hang out with them after class.
While Jaspinder and Arun lived with their parents in another part of the city, they too hung out here at Abhishek, Karan and Faisal's place. The 6 of them usually chilled out during their evenings drinking beer and talking nonsense or sometimes they would discuss any play ideas they were involved in. Today, it was different. A first of its kind scenario for all of them and more so for Shaily.
As the guys took the couch in the living room and started their usual banter, Shaily proceeded to change into her night clothes in the washroom. As she undressed herself to get completely naked, she involuntarily glanced towards the mirror. A shy but confident smile passed on her face as she could not help but admire how beautiful and sexy the girl in the mirror looked with absolutely nothing on her body.
Shaily knew she was what guys would call "a sexy plump chick with an awesome rack". More than once, when she was walking through a bunch of guys, she would hear comments from them about how hot she looked, or how big her boobs were, and how shapely her ass were. The more lustful and horny men commented on how roughly they would use her in bed. While she certainly didn't like comments from men that reduced her to a mere fuck-toy, Shaily had always come to enjoy the lusty comments guys threw at her for her sexy body. Like all women, she loved to hear comments from the guys on her body, and on a couple of occasions, Shaily had even passed a shy womanly smile at the guys who commented on her sexiness. Her voluptuous figure, her luscious breasts, her shapely ass and her whole curvy body was something she was certainly proud of, and she was always happy to be appreciated for it from the men.
Now, as she Shaily stood there completely naked in front of the mirror of the washroom of their guy friends' home, Shaily could understand what men loved in her. Her luscious breasts were big, if not huge. The fact that they did not sag even though they were big, and their sexy shape made them look absolutely ravishing on her. Moreover, her wonderful jugs did absolute justice to her frame. At a good height of 5 ft, 8 in, Shaily was taller than 90% of the girls in her college, and taller than Jaspinder and Faisal.
"Hmm, not that bad!", thought Shaily, laughing shyly to herself as she continued to look into the mirror. She started to get horny looking at her nude self in the mirror as she generously grabbed her voluptuous boobs in her hands and squeezed them in the mirror.
Glancing once again at the door to make sure she locked it, Shaily proceeded to play with her lovely jugs smiling sexily at herself in the mirror. She was feeling aroused. Her breath started to get heavier, as her lovely breasts rose up and fell down sexily with each of her breaths. She had never felt this way about herself. She never felt so hot and aroused just by looking herself in the mirror naked. Inadvertently, her right hand reached her most private part, her lovely vagina. She touched her mound with her fingers feeling the soft hair over her pussy, as she felt herself getting hotter by the second. What was happening to her? Why was she getting so horny just by seeing herself naked in the mirror?
Inwardly, Shaily knew the answers, but she somehow didn't want to agree with her conscience. It had a lot to do, in fact, everything to do with Prof Lekha's offer to her to perform naked on stage for the play in Brussels. Absolutely naked. In front of thousands of people. Without a string of clothing on her hot sexy body. But how could this be right? How could she be turned on by the fact that she would be the only one naked among so many clothed people? The artistic liberty aside, it felt wrong to her that she would be the only one naked while all the people around her would be clothed, probably even in expensive suits and gowns at the festival. Hell, even on stage, her counterparts would all be adorning good clothes, while she would be just totally naked throughout. If she did agree to do the role of the naked soul, she would only agree because she was wanted to perform the play and show the world a beautiful piece of Art. Not because she enjoyed being totally naked and exhibit her sexy body to everyone. But again, at the same time, the thought of getting completely naked in front of so many clothed men and women, strangers whom she had never ever met, who would get to see the most intimate and private parts of her body completely uncovered and derive pleasure from her nakedness turned on Shaily immensely.
Shaily's thoughts really started to mess with her as she continued to caress her sexy naked body, feeling extremely aroused at the thought of getting completely naked with clothed people all around her. She started to breathe louder and faster, as she involuntarily slipped her index finger inside her hole to feel the wetness in her loins. It was a strange kind of arousal, something of the sort she had never experienced before, and yet, she was enjoying every bit of the sensation it gave her. Her mind was a mess right now, and she felt herself getting excited at the thought more than worried anymore, like she was, until a few minutes back before she got naked in the washroom. Inadvertently, her index finger got past just feeling her wetness to gently pleasuring her hole, as another shy and naughty smile passed her face. Just then, as she started to pleasure herself with the naughty thoughts, Shaily heard a knock on the door.
While Pooja and Anamika, as well as the other four girls in the Alternative Dramatics class knew that Shaily wasn't really a slut, they always saw her differently knowing that she always hung-out with the 5 guys and never with the girls. Ever since Shaily had started hanging out more and more with the guys during and even after class, the rest of the girls barring Pooja and Anamika, had started to bitch about Shaily whenever they saw her with the guys.
"I bet you girls that she is sleeping with all of them, one of them each day.", said Nivedita.
"I highly doubt that. I'm sure she's sleeping with all of them at once everyday. What a slut!", reckoned Roopika and laughed.
Of course, Pooja and Anamika still considered Shaily their bestie, but they were slowly starting to lose the impression they had on her. The words of the other girls certainly had a strong bearing on their conscience.
Coming to the guys, Faisal was 21, Jaspinder 25, Abhishek and Karan were the same age as Shaily while Arun was the oldest of the lot at 27. In fact, being the oldest of the group, Arun was regularly the butt of 'old man' jokes that the group always found funny and revelled in. So, while the class was about to start and as the students entered the class at 10 am in the morning, Shaily and the 5 guys were sitting in the last row of the class cracking jokes at Arun and laughing about loudly. Shaily almost always sat in the middle, between the guys and that was open for even more criticism among the girls.
In fact, whenever the girls saw Shaily sit in between the guys in class, Roopika almost always made it a point to say, "Look at that slut, she always sits in the middle of the guys. I bet she lets the guys grope her body from either sides.".
"Obviously. Why else would they always sit in the last row in every class?", said Nivedita.
It wasn't as if the girls totally looked down on Shaily; they hardly said anything disdainful to her when they met her outside of class. But again, a single day didn't go by when they did not disapprove of her hanging out exclusively with the 5 guys all the time.
Alternative Dramatics at FID was taught by Mrs. Shashi Lekha or Prof Lekha as she was fondly called by the students.
Mrs. Shashi Lekha was a pioneer of Theatrical play who had done most of her Theatrical studies from a prestigious Arts college in Canada. She had acted in several plays across different countries in her youth and was a resident of Canada ever since even after her marriage. When Mrs. Shashi Lekha first came to know about FID, it was she that had personally gotten in touch with Mr. Farooq to enquire if she could get an opportunity to be a teacher and mentor at FID. Of course, with Mrs. Shashi Lekha's glaring credentials, Mr. Farooq was only delighted and honoured to get her on board at FID and have her join him to mentor the students and mould them into the best Theatre and Dramatics artists the country has ever seen.
All the students loved Prof Lekha for her friendly and accommodative nature as well as her unique approach to teaching Alternative Dramatics. She sought her plays mostly on internal conflicts, subtle emotional personifications and metaphorical explanations that were truly alternative in thoughts and actions. Shaily especially loved Prof Lekha's ideas because she preferred to have minimum properties in her play and mostly only artists to weave incredible storylines. Her artwork usually involved not more than 3 to 4 characters who enacted the bodies and actions, while a bunch of other characters who would play the emotions of those characters. There was a particular kind of charm, elegance and sophistication in Prof Lekha's ideas and her execution of them that made all her plays extremely well-received in major competitions across the world. Shaily, like all the other students could not be more thankful and inspired by Prof Lekha and her caliber as a Dramatics teacher at the age of 50.
"Hello class, how are you all doing today? I hope you all had a good break over the weekend.", Prof Lekha greeted the students, like she usually did, with a lovely smile on her face. As much as the class loved interacted with her, Prof Lekha too equally loved interacting with her students. She considered them all to be a very intellectual lot and was genuinely proud to get the opportunity to mentor such a smart bunch of students who were all passionate about Theatre and Art.
"Ok guys, so I was handed off an event notification from the 'Fine Arts Association' of Belgium. They are hosting one of the biggest Dramatics event in Brussels this year and FID has been invited to participate in the event. How awesome is that!", said Prof Lekha enthusiastically.
All the students cheered and clapped at Prof Lekha's words. Of course, this was only FID's fourth year since its incubation and it was always good news to hear about FID being invited to perform at international events.
Prof Lekha continued, "And that is not it guys, apparently there will be more 1000 plays that are going to be showcased during the 5-day event and FID has been invited to perform as many as 10 plays during the course of the event. I am so excited to tell you that this competition is the biggest we have ever participated in.".
"Wohoo! FID stands tall." exclaimed one of them as the students cheered once again to Prof Lekha's words.
"So guys, Mr. Farooq has given me the liberty to prepare one play from this class. Sorry guys, Alternative gets only one play this time.", said Prof Lekha grimly.
Since there were about 10 different Dramatics courses offered at FID, Mr. Farooq usually personally allotted the number of plays to each department, especially for important events like this one. It was more like his personal discretion and it always yielded good results thus far; so neither the teaching faculty nor the students had any reasons to object to his decision.
"Prof Lekha, Alternative always gets a minimum of 3 plays for big events, why is it that we have only one this time?", asked Francis, a student who belonged to the older lot at 29.
"Francis, I know you guys must be disappointed to have a lesser representation from Alternative for such a big event, but that is what Mr. Farooq has decided. You have to also make sure other departments are given enough opportunities, isn't it?", said Prof Lekha.
Shaily considered Prof Lekha to be a very professional practitioner and she knew that Prof Lekha always spoke maturely and sensibly. It was true though, that for every major event, FID had more plays from the Alternative Dramatics department than any other department. While it was never a source of dispute among the departments (there were no major political struggles so far at FID), Shaily only found it fair that other departments were also given a push so that their genres could be uplifted as well. Of course, Alternative Dramatics were known to be touching very deep with the audiences who came to watch their plays, specially in foreign countries, and so they always, till now received more plays than the other departments. But for the event in Brussels, Alternative were offered just one play and that certainly didn't seem to impress the students of Alternative Dramatics. Having just one play also meant that there would be only a lucky few, maybe 10 to 15 of them who would get to go to Brussels to participate in the event, which disappointed the chaps even more.
Noticing the disappointment on their faces, Prof Lekha went on to say, "Ok guys, if getting just one play for the event in Brussels is going to disappoint you all so much, I'm afraid I have some more bad news for you.", she tamely said.
"I know I always preferred to have about 15 characters in each of my plays and that is because, I have almost always used different characters for each of the emotions of the protagonist I wanted to convey. But this time, I have an idea in mind that would have only a total of 4 characters.", said Prof Lekha.
Murmurs were aloud in the students. Just 4 characters and an entire play? This was not characteristic of Prof Lekha's work as she always preferred to have characters over props in her plays. Maybe she was onto something for her play, but it certainly could not manage to bring smiles on the faces of the students. All of them were, of course, eager to play a role in the play and moreover, the event was in Brussels, which meant they would get the opportunity to visit Belgium for the first time. But hearing Prof Lekha's words, the students seem to sink even deeper into disappointment.
"What the fuck? Just 4 characters in the play for such a big event? What's Prof Lekha doing!", whispered Abhishek angrily.
"I know, just four characters. What the fuck man! On top of that, Alternative has just one play. This is just terrible.", said Arun.
Shaily, who was seated in between Jaspinder and Abhishek said, "Guys, it's okay. I trust Prof Lekha. She's smart and she at least deserves her idea to be heard. If it's just 4 characters contrary to most of her plays, maybe it's going to be something different. Who knows, we could be one of those characters. We aren't that bad guys, come on, cheer up!", said Shaily enthusiastically trying to cheer up the boys, though she too couldn't deny being disappointed with the news.
While they sat together, it wasn't uncommon that the guys, whoever sat beside Shaily had their hands over her body. While they talked and joked around, the guys often slapped Shaily's back or held her waist tightly and Shaily never minded it. The guys were of course, her best buddies and moreover, she knew they did not mean it sexually. However, even though she didn't exactly know what was said about her, Shaily knew that her girl friends disapproved of her behaviour. She had, in more than one instance, noticed the girls look at her in a disdainful manner when the guys groped her in front of them.
In one such instance, while at the coffee stall inside FID, Shaily and the guys were laughing out loudly to some random banter. The coffee stall saw many students hanging out in the afternoon after lunch, and so Shaily was under the scrutiny of girls (and even some prudish guys) from all departments. Shaily was dressed that day in a short floral skirt that stopped at her mid-thighs and a sleeveless top. She and the guys were all laughing out loudly to something, when suddenly Arun playfully grabbed Shaily's arms behind her and held them tight, while Faisal and Abhishek pulled up Shaily's top in front of everyone exposing her sexy fleshy waist. While some girls in FID did dress provocatively like Shaily was dressed right then, they never allowed guys to grope them in front of everyone like Shaily did. As Faisal and Abhishek playfully but aggressively lifted Shaily's sleeveless top over her skirt, her top inched dangerously close to Shaily's bra and within seconds the guys managed to pull her top above her bra exposing her lovely voluptuous breasts covered in just the bra to everyone who were enjoying the spectacle. The gang of guys were shouting something loudly while Shaily was playfully laughing out as Karan and Jaspinder started to pinch Shaily sexy bare waist right in front of everyone. Apparently, the whole thing was 'something very silly and the guys just wanted to her a lesson' as recounted by Shaily amusedly to her girl friends. However, allowing the guys to expose her flesh and grope her like that in front of everyone didn't stand well with the girls. Being like her elder sister, Anamika planned to talk to Shaily about the incident and tell her to maintain some decorum while she was with the guys in public, but never really got around to it. She was apprehensive about saying something that might upset Shaily and so she somehow always ended up thinking the better of it.
Back in the class, all the students were mumbling loudly among themselves about Prof Lekha's decision to cast not more than 4 characters in the play for the Belgium Dramatics Festival.
"Guys, guys, it's going to be okay. Please hear out my idea. If you don't like we'll pass it, Guys!", shouted out Prof Lekha trying to calm the students down. The whole class was chaotically murmuring among themselves and Prof Lekha knew she didn't make it any easier for them to get over their Monday blues.
As the students slowly quieted down, Prof Lekha spoke.
"In this play, I want to show the conflicts of a sensitive and complicated urban girl overcome by love and strangles of her boyfriend.". The students anticipated Prof Lekha to say something more, but apparently, that's all she had to say.
The students looked at each other among themselves, totally nonplussed. That sounded like a pretty lame theme to be honest. Coming from Prof Lekha who headed the Alternative Dramatics at FID, the idea seemed hardly novel to them. Also, this meant that Prof Lekha was going to use just 2 more characters for the emotions of the male and female protagonists. To the students, that just did sound right.
Seeing the confused look on the students' faces, Prof Lekha smiled and continued. "And yes, in case you are thinking, I will have just 2 more characters, again one male and the other female to show the emotions of the protagonists in the play.".
If the students were excited at the prospect of this play, they didn't show it. Similar themes had been explored and showcased multiple times by all the departments and pretty extensively at that. Moreover, the idea and its spin-offs were always presented with more than at least 10 characters to show various emotions. But just 2 characters for emotions didn't appeal to the students to say the least. This was certainly not something they were looking forward to, especially from someone of the caliber as Prof Lekha.
"Guys, I know what you all must be thinking. And no, I am not going to use props more than any of my other plays either. But before I go further, I want to tell you that we are offered some artistic liberty for our plays, which we have never had, for the first time in this event.", said Prof Lekha.
Even though the students were still disappointed, they were all curious to know the new artistic liberty in the event that Prof Lekha was talking about.
"For the first time, we have been offered the liberty of showcasing the female sensuality in its most original form, on the stage.", said Prof Lekha gleefully.
Most of the students got what Prof Lekha meant.
Shaily and the guys looked at each other understanding Prof Lekha's words.
"Wow, now that's something!", exclaimed Karan.
"It surely is.", said Shaily.
"I hope you all understood what I mean by that. For the plays in this event, the participants are allowed to show a female form in full glory on stage. While men's nudity is strictly forbidden, the Fine Arts Association of Belgium has decided to, for the time in their event, give consent to a female artist's nude form along with sexual contact between a non-sexual body part of the male and a sexual body part of the female. Then only caveat is that while there can be any number of clothed male and female characters in the play, there can be just one female whose form is uncovered.", said Prof Lekha.
"Holy fucking fuck! Wow, is Prof Lekha telling us she is planning on doing something like that?", whispered Faisal.
"I guess so man. Why else would she be mentioning all of this. God, this is going to be super fun!", said Jaspinder eagerly. Seeing his childish enthusiasm to see a naked girl on stage, Shaily laughed and playfully tugged at him.
"Shell", as she was nicknamed by the guys, said Arun. "I hope you are the chosen one to do the role of the naked girl. Don't we all wanna see you perform the play totally naked on stage, haha!", he said, winking at her.
"Oh yeah, who wouldn't want to see this bomb all naked on stage.", chipped in Karan as he got under Shaily's shirt and pinched her fleshy stomach while the guys laughed at Arun and Karan's words.
Shaily slapped off Karan's hand much to the amusement of the guys and laughed. "Shut up guys!", she said.
But inadvertently, Shaily began to wonder. What if Prof Lekha really wanted her to do the role of the naked girl in her play? What if she asked her to be the one, right then, in front of the whole class? What would she say? Shaily's thoughts started to mess with her with every passing second.
Of course, it was hardly a secret that among the 7 girls, while the others weren't bad to look at by any standards, Shaily was certainly a league apart. She was very voluptuous and had perfect assets suitable for her sexy frame. If ever there was a voting among the guys on which girl should be chosen for such a role, Shaily knew that she would win the contest hands down.
Prof Lekha's words had managed to stir the entire class.
"Prof Lekha.", a voice came out from one of the girls.
"Yes, Anamika?", said Prof Lekha.
"Prof Lekha, I don't want to sound so-damn-feminist, but since I am indeed one, what is the deal with the rule of showing just women naked on stage and not the men? Also, you mention that the men on stage can touch the naked female form in a sexual way while the male would be clothed. Isn't that something that clearly denotes women are beneath men in such a public forum? Doesn't it promote a sense of submission and subservience of the female gender to the male gender?", said Anamika. Her voice had a hint of disdain and disapproval, and the other girls who sat alongside Anamika too nodded their heads approving of Anamika's question.
"Look Anamika, it's wonderful that you are a feminist and I appreciate you asking this question. However, in my opinion, this is actually pro-feminist. Tell me Anamika, isn't it honourable for you as good looking women to be able to show your beauty and feminine grace in the most primal form on such a grand stage? What you mentioned, Anamika, the sexual subservience of the female gender to the male gender happens outside the purview of Art, in the socially abnormal communities and not inside a play which is a culmination of several artistic elements. There is artistic beauty in a female's unclothed form that is meant to be a wonderfully palpable source of motivation to display an amazing piece of Art. In Art, there is extensive scope for beauty and grace, and traditionally, women have been perceived to be symbols of them and thus, I see no social stigma associated with the idea of showing just the female naked on stage and not the male.", said Prof Lekha, answering Anamika's question.
"I'm sorry Prof Lekha, but I have to disagree. It isn't that nude male forms aren't a worthy spectacle to women. After all, we are all humans and we are all beautiful in our own special ways. Then why is it forbidden? And no, it is not pro-feminist Prof Lekha, because feminism puts male and female on equal footing. In this case, the female is clearly more sexually degraded and shown submissive, which is completely non-feministic.", said Anamika strongly putting forth her point.
Hearing her words, Abhishek looked over to Shaily. "Shell, as much as I hate to say this, Anamika has a fair point.".
The guys weren't really fond of the six girls apart from Shaily. They always behaved as if they stole Shaily away from them. Shaily also told the guys that the girls gossiped behind her back about her sleeping with them after class, which the guys particularly didn't like. All the baseless rumours the girls cooked up about them had pissed the guys off as much as they did Shaily.
Prof Lekha said, "Anamika, again, I say that's there's nothing wrong in the world of Theatre regarding female nudity. You are showing an idea, not some rubbish practice that has evolved in the minds of the twisted. Anyway, I am open for discussion on this, and I wouldn't mind staying behind after class to discuss and debate on this more with you.".
Anamika and the girls didn't seem to be satisfied with Prof Lekha's argument, but they knew they could discuss it with her after class.
"Okay guys, I know you are all probably a little freaked out about this, but nudity in Art is quite acceptable in other countries. It has always been the case, and more and more events are being showcased these days where a female is allowed to be naked in the play while having sexual contact from the man's non-sexual parts, typically the hands or the tongue. Given such artistic freedom, I'm glad we can push the envelope even further like we have always done here at FID, and more so in the Alternative Dramatics department. This is our first time entering such an important event, and I am not going to let the opportunity go astray.", said Prof Lekha sternly with determination.
Hearing Prof Lekha's words, all the girls except Shaily nodded their heads disapprovingly. This would mean that one of them was going to be asked to be the nude female in her play while the males would be fully clothed. To the girls, it just didn't sound right. The male students on the other hand, of course, were pretty excited as was evident in the looks of their faces.
"Prof Lekha is badass man! She's actually going to do this? Get one of these sexy girls completely naked on stage and let men molest her?", were the words of one of the male students.
"I hope she casts Shaily for the role man, wouldn't that be awesome? To get to see that sexy chick completely naked on stage with her ass and tits showing off and being molested by a guy. Haha, I hope the guy's me!", said another excited bloke to his mate.
The string of comments went on among the guys, but one thing was common in all of the whisperings. They all wished that such a role went to one of the sexiest women they had even seen in their lives - Shaily Singh.
Prof Lekha was a thoroughly artistic and determined practitioner as far as Theatre and Arts were concerned, and Shaily was aware of it. Her words were filled with determination and confidence to deliver the best in Brussels, and it clearly showed in the way she spoke.
Shaily could see it in Prof Lekha's eyes and the fact that Prof Lekha had proven, time and time again, in the past that she is the best in the business made Shaily absolutely trust her instincts. Never before had it happened that Prof Lekha's decisions turned against the students or FID in general, and Shaily was confident that whatever Prof Lekha had in mind would be something that would be one of the best.
However, there was one catch.
"Shell, I have a really strong feeling that Prof Lekha is going to ask you to be the nude girl in her play.", said Karan looking over to Shaily with his hands still roaming around nonchalantly on her sexy waist under her top.
Shaily looked at Karan and said, "I have the same feeling. Fuck Karan, what am I going to say?".
Of course, Shaily was aware that she had a very sexy body and even though she wasn't conceited, she knew she was easily the hottest and sexiest among all the girls in the Alternative Dramatics class. Moreover, she knew that Prof Lekha was an out and out perfectionist and chose only the best for her plays, and Shaily was unanimously considered to be the best artist of her batch not just by the students but even by Prof Lekha. Adding it all up, Shaily, as well as her guy friends felt there was no way Prof Lekha would chose anyone else other than Shaily for the role of the naked female in her play, even more so because the Belgium Dramatics Festival was touted to be FID's most ambitious participation ever in the international arena.
"So guys, I'm going to outline the summary of the storyline, but first I would like to disclose the cast I have in mind for the play.", said Prof Lekha. "With the characters in mind, I'm sure you'll all be able to better relate to the idea behind the play.", she said.
"OMG! She's going to announce the cast right now?", said Shaily, starting to get really anxious. "What if she asks me to be the naked girl in the play? What am I going to tell her guys? Fuck!"
The guys understood how Shaily was feeling right then and tried to calm her down.
Karan once again put his palm inside Shaily's top and gently rubbed her waist trying to make her feel better.
"Shell, I'm sure Prof Lekha's going to ask you to play the role of the naked girl in her play, there's absolutely no doubt about it. But you just stay calm and tell Prof Lekha that you need some time to decide, okay? Of course, this is going to be a big decision for you and Prof Lekha wouldn't mind giving you time to think on this. You hear me baby doll?", said Karan.
"Yeah, I think so. I'll have to remain calm though, yes.", said Shaily, as she nervously smiled at the guys.
"Shell, I too have a strong hunch you are going to be the naked girl in Prof Lekha's play. I don't see it going any other way. But like Karan said, if she asks you to be naked in her play, just calmly tell her that you need some time. We will work it out later at our place. Alright darling?", said Abhishek.
Shaily nodded and passed a smile at them. But deep inside, she was still quite nervous and anxious.
"So, the couple in the play. I want the male lead to be played by Anupam, and the female lead to be played by Pooja.", said Prof Lekha aloud.
The students gently clapped for them, though most of them were jealous that Pooja and Anupam were lucky to get the chance to visit Belgium and perform there for the festival.
"Coming to the other two characters. As I said, I would like to have two opposite-sex characters for the roles of the male and female protagonists' souls. The whole idea of the play is to show what their souls are dealing with as a result of their choices and actions. That way I intend to show the conflicts of the female protagonist's inner and outer voice in a subtle yet artistic way, and this is why the chemistry between the male and female souls' characters are extremely vital to the play.", said Prof Lekha.
"Excellent!", Shaily found herself saying in her mind. That was truly a beautifully novel concept that Prof Lekha had envisioned for her play..
"However, the main idea of this play is to show the brutal, conflicted state of mind of the female protagonist while she is in a complicated relationship with her boyfriend. This is why her soul is going to be the most significant and the most impactful character in the play. She is the crux of the play. She might not be the protagonist, but she sure is the most important character in the play. And for this very reason, I want to the female soul's character stripped - covered by just nothing. The female protagonist's soul is uncovered, raw and naked. It's open to be loved or harmed by anyone and everyone, and that's going to be the subtle theme of the play.. The female protagonist has a naked soul and the way her naked soul is tampered with by the male protagonist as well as the female herself will be the main idea of the play.", said Prof Lekha.
That was the kind of brilliance Prof Lekha was capable of.
"That is just brilliant, don't you think so guys?", Shaily whispered to the guys.
Shaily was in awe. She was in total awe of Prof Lekha's imaginative sense. Of how she was weaving a brilliant storyline with the new found artistic liberty of getting to show a naked girl on stage. She certainly knew how to do her best while utilising all the resources she had at her disposal and Shaily couldn't help but appreciate Prof Lekha's talent. She was just unbelievable.
It was clear that the rest of the students too were greatly impressed with how Prof Lekha charted out her play. Inevitably, the girls too were impressed with Prof Lekha's idea, but the whole concept of getting to show one of them completely nude while the men would be completely clothed did not still settle well with them. In any case, like the rest of the students, they too were very eager for Prof Lekha to disclose whom she wished to cast for the role of the female protagonist's naked soul in her play.
As she finished her speech, Prof Lekha's eyes somehow found Shaily. Instinctively, Shaily understood and acknowledged the look in Prof Lekha's eyes with a rather involuntary nod. Their gaze connected, and Shaily knew what Prof Lekha was going to say next.
"For the female protagonist's naked soul, I want to cast Shaily.", she said.
"Ok class, that's it for today. Shaily, I want to have a word with you before you leave for the day.", said Prof Lekha.
After announcing that she wanted to cast Shaily for the role of the naked soul of the female protagonist in her play, Prof Lekha continued with her lecture like nothing was new. She had just discussed a very alternative play idea that they were going to enact in the Dramatics festival in Belgium which consisted of, among other things, a completely naked female artist on stage who would be enacting the role of the female's protagonist's soul. Yes, buck naked, without a string of clothing on her body, just like the day she was born, and just like Shaily and her guy friends expected, Prof Lekha wanted Shaily to play that role.
Shaily's mind wasn't right for the rest of the hour after Prof Lekha revealed that she wanted to cast her for the role in front of the whole class. Of course, it had never happened in FID that a female or even a male, for that matter, had gotten absolutely naked on stage to perform for a play. But now, given the stakes in this high profile Dramatics festival in Belgium that FID was invited to participate in, Prof Lekha wasn't going to go easy on this, and Shaily knew it. Shaily knew Prof Lekha to be one helluva perfectionist and there was no way she was going to settle for anything less than what she wanted for her plays.
Shaily's anxiety was quite evident on her face throughout the lecture to her 5 male friends who sat on either sides of her. Karan had his left hand inside Shaily's top on her waist throughout the lecture, massaging it gently trying to make her feel better.
"It's going to be fine Shell, we'll all sit together and think about it whether you want to take this role or not, don't you get anxious sugar.", said Jaspinder who sat on her other side as he gently rubbed her thighs under her short skirt.
Shaily had, over time, come to really embrace and love the friendship and the bond she shared with each of the guys and their efforts to make her feel fine really pleased her. She would just smile at them, but she chose to keep quiet through the class as she pondered on what she would do in response to Prof Lekha's offer.
After the lecture, as the rest of the class walked out of the lecture hall, Shaily stayed back as Prof Lekha wanted to talk to her. They then slowly paced out of the class behind the rest of the students with Shaily smiling nervously at the Prof.
"Shaily, I am not going to deny this is going to be a tough decision for you, but I don't want you to get stressed over it, understand?", said Prof Lekha, gently smiling at Shaily.
"Yes, Prof Lekha.", said Shaily with a polite but anxious smile.
"It's something we've never done before, so it's going to be a very exciting play indeed. I can promise you that. When I first envisioned the play, I knew I would have to cast you for the role of the naked soul. It was simple really, given how incredibly attractive you are. After all, our play needs to be aesthetically pleasing too, and honestly, I cannot imagine any other girl doing this role other than you Shaily.", said Prof Lekha as they walked out of the class towards the college cafeteria.
Shaily heard what Prof Lekha was telling her. Again, she wasn't conceited or anything but she knew she was a beauty and she knew others saw that in her too. At the age of 23, she had a killer bod with flesh all in the right places. Her face was a mixture of both cute and sexy with sharp features that made her stand way above her girl peers in the college. It was obvious then, why Prof Lekha wanted to cast only Shaily for the role of the naked soul in her play.
"Prof Lekha, I consider it an honour that you want me to play such an impacting role in your play in such a huge event. I cannot stress enough on how privileged I feel. But, but the thing is that I have never been naked in front...", Shaily said before Prof Lekha cut her short.
"Shaily, I know. You don't need to explain it to me. Getting naked in front of so many people, and being the only one naked on stage while thousands of people are watching you is going to be a pretty tough thing to do. I am not going to deny that. But in theatre, this is all artistic liberty. No one is going to judge you for getting naked on stage, you can have my word on that. With that said, I know it is a pretty big decision for you to take and it is all up to you. I urge you to think over it for the rest of the day, and come back to me tomorrow with what you think. Also, there's no hurry to come to a yes or no decision right away. Just carefully think over it and talk to me tomorrow about how you feel regarding it. Okay darling?", said Prof Lekha with a warm smile towards Shaily.
With nothing much to say, Shaily nodded politely at Prof Lekha.
"Okay Prof.", said Shaily feigning a confident smile though she was terribly nervous about the whole thing.
"As I said before, I don't want to force you to do anything that you don't like. If this doesn't work out, I mean, if you want to back out, I will just give up on the idea, but I can never cast any other girl for this role Shaily. You know I only choose the best for my plays.", said Prof Lekha.
"Yes Prof, I know that.", said Shaily giving Prof Lekha another one of her fake-confident smile. God, what was she going to do?
After her chat with Prof Lekha, Shaily caught up with her guy friends at the cafeteria, where they usually hung out in between classes.
"Fuck man, I don't know what to do. While the idea of the play is so surreal and brilliant, I wish I didn't have to at least get completely naked in front of thousands of people to play this role.", said Shaily dryly.
Shaily was sitting with her male friends in the cafeteria and summarised them her discussion with Prof Lekha that she had with her after the lecture.
"Shell, did you discuss any such possibility with Prof Lekha? Maybe you can get away by wearing something really really skimpy instead of getting totally buck naked on stage. You know, maybe something that just covers your pussy and nothing else?", said Faisal.
Abhishek interjected, "With Prof Lekha, that's not going to happen Fais. She doesn't give up on the artistic liberties she chooses for her plays, no matter what. If she wants a nude girl in her play, she wants a nude girl and nothing else. Be rest assured of that.", he said.
Shaily nodded, "Yeah, Abhishek's right. Prof Lekha said she'd rather give up on the idea than cast anyone else for the naked soul if I back out.", she said grimacing. "I don't want the idea to go down the drain, OMG what am I going to do!", said Shaily cringing in front of her guy friends. It was obvious to them that Shaily was really stressing out.
Abhishek gently put his hands over Shaily's shoulder and said, "Darling, we'll work this out. Do you want to hang out with us for the evening at our place? We'll all sit together and talk this through. Don't worry, we are here for you baby doll.".
Abhishek, Karan and Faisal stayed together in a rented-out house a couple of kilometres from the college. Shaily and the 5 guys usually hung out at their place after classes sipping their beer and having fun. Of course, after it had become their default hang-out place, Abhishek, Karan and Faisal had taken the efforts to rent out a TV, a music-system and even a karaoke machine so that they could all spend their evenings having fun.
"Yeah, that'd probably make me feel much better. Let's go.", said Shaily smiling warmly at Abhishek.
With no other lectures after Alternative Dramatics, the 5 guys and Shaily had their lunch in the college cafeteria and walked out of the FID campus to Abhishek, Karan and Faisal's place.
As she walked with the guys to their place, Shaily knew she had a tough day ahead to decide about what she was going to do with Prof Lekha's proposal to play the naked soul of the female protagonist in the play. She was still quite anxious but she was glad that she had her 5 best friends beside her to help her arrive at a decision whether she should take the role or not.
Shaily always left a few of her night clothes at her guy friends' place after she had started to regularly hang out with them after class.
While Jaspinder and Arun lived with their parents in another part of the city, they too hung out here at Abhishek, Karan and Faisal's place. The 6 of them usually chilled out during their evenings drinking beer and talking nonsense or sometimes they would discuss any play ideas they were involved in. Today, it was different. A first of its kind scenario for all of them and more so for Shaily.
As the guys took the couch in the living room and started their usual banter, Shaily proceeded to change into her night clothes in the washroom. As she undressed herself to get completely naked, she involuntarily glanced towards the mirror. A shy but confident smile passed on her face as she could not help but admire how beautiful and sexy the girl in the mirror looked with absolutely nothing on her body.
Shaily knew she was what guys would call "a sexy plump chick with an awesome rack". More than once, when she was walking through a bunch of guys, she would hear comments from them about how hot she looked, or how big her boobs were, and how shapely her ass were. The more lustful and horny men commented on how roughly they would use her in bed. While she certainly didn't like comments from men that reduced her to a mere fuck-toy, Shaily had always come to enjoy the lusty comments guys threw at her for her sexy body. Like all women, she loved to hear comments from the guys on her body, and on a couple of occasions, Shaily had even passed a shy womanly smile at the guys who commented on her sexiness. Her voluptuous figure, her luscious breasts, her shapely ass and her whole curvy body was something she was certainly proud of, and she was always happy to be appreciated for it from the men.
Now, as she Shaily stood there completely naked in front of the mirror of the washroom of their guy friends' home, Shaily could understand what men loved in her. Her luscious breasts were big, if not huge. The fact that they did not sag even though they were big, and their sexy shape made them look absolutely ravishing on her. Moreover, her wonderful jugs did absolute justice to her frame. At a good height of 5 ft, 8 in, Shaily was taller than 90% of the girls in her college, and taller than Jaspinder and Faisal.
"Hmm, not that bad!", thought Shaily, laughing shyly to herself as she continued to look into the mirror. She started to get horny looking at her nude self in the mirror as she generously grabbed her voluptuous boobs in her hands and squeezed them in the mirror.
Glancing once again at the door to make sure she locked it, Shaily proceeded to play with her lovely jugs smiling sexily at herself in the mirror. She was feeling aroused. Her breath started to get heavier, as her lovely breasts rose up and fell down sexily with each of her breaths. She had never felt this way about herself. She never felt so hot and aroused just by looking herself in the mirror naked. Inadvertently, her right hand reached her most private part, her lovely vagina. She touched her mound with her fingers feeling the soft hair over her pussy, as she felt herself getting hotter by the second. What was happening to her? Why was she getting so horny just by seeing herself naked in the mirror?
Inwardly, Shaily knew the answers, but she somehow didn't want to agree with her conscience. It had a lot to do, in fact, everything to do with Prof Lekha's offer to her to perform naked on stage for the play in Brussels. Absolutely naked. In front of thousands of people. Without a string of clothing on her hot sexy body. But how could this be right? How could she be turned on by the fact that she would be the only one naked among so many clothed people? The artistic liberty aside, it felt wrong to her that she would be the only one naked while all the people around her would be clothed, probably even in expensive suits and gowns at the festival. Hell, even on stage, her counterparts would all be adorning good clothes, while she would be just totally naked throughout. If she did agree to do the role of the naked soul, she would only agree because she was wanted to perform the play and show the world a beautiful piece of Art. Not because she enjoyed being totally naked and exhibit her sexy body to everyone. But again, at the same time, the thought of getting completely naked in front of so many clothed men and women, strangers whom she had never ever met, who would get to see the most intimate and private parts of her body completely uncovered and derive pleasure from her nakedness turned on Shaily immensely.
Shaily's thoughts really started to mess with her as she continued to caress her sexy naked body, feeling extremely aroused at the thought of getting completely naked with clothed people all around her. She started to breathe louder and faster, as she involuntarily slipped her index finger inside her hole to feel the wetness in her loins. It was a strange kind of arousal, something of the sort she had never experienced before, and yet, she was enjoying every bit of the sensation it gave her. Her mind was a mess right now, and she felt herself getting excited at the thought more than worried anymore, like she was, until a few minutes back before she got naked in the washroom. Inadvertently, her index finger got past just feeling her wetness to gently pleasuring her hole, as another shy and naughty smile passed her face. Just then, as she started to pleasure herself with the naughty thoughts, Shaily heard a knock on the door.
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